[drum118]

TTC resumes bus service through King St. W and Dufferin St. intersection on October 30

October 28, 2025

Starting Thurs., Oct. 30, the TTC will resume regular bus service on the 29/329 Dufferin and 929 Dufferin Express through the intersection at King St. W. and Dufferin St., as streetcar track renewal construction work wraps up.

Work at the King St. W. and Dufferin St. intersection started in late September and was projected to continue until mid-November. With the reopening of the intersection, the TTC can now resume bus service earlier than anticipated.

While TTC crews test and commission the newly installed streetcar tracks, 504A King/304 King and 508 Lake Shore streetcars will divert on Queen St. W. between Shaw St. and Roncesvalles Ave. 504B King streetcars will continue to be shortened to Bathurst St.

503 Kingston Rd buses will also be temporarily extended past Dufferin St., operating between Bingham Loop (Kingston Rd. at Victoria Park Ave.) and Roncesvalles Ave., stopping at all stops along King until regular streetcar service is restored.

Wheel-Trans service will remain accessible in all areas where local traffic is permitted.

Full details of the service adjustments are available at https://www.ttc.ca/service-advisories/Streetcar-Service-Changes.

 

[nfitz]

Thank god we don't close entire sections of our subway lines for years though

Well played!

 

[DSCToronto]

 

[Richard White]

Mandeep Lali is at Union Station tonight keeping tabs on things.

I'm surprised the CEO is supervising operations personally.

 

[evandyk]

It's a pretty big night for them. Full Skydome and ACC, both of which will empty out at the same time (and quickly if they lose). Even though there is often a game in both venues on the same day, they would normally end at different times.

 

[Richard White]

It's a pretty big night for them. Full Skydome and ACC, both of which will empty out at the same time (and quickly if they lose). Even though there is often a game in both venues on the same day, they would normally end at different times.

I'm at Scotiabank. It's a full house.

 

[evandyk]

Yeah, I heard it sold out in minutes. So there will be 70,000 people trying to pass through union station in a pretty small window. Even the tiniest issue could become catastrophic (OK, I'm exaggerating, but they have a lot riding on successful service tonight).

 

[chrisw]

Statement from TTC CEO Mandeep S. Lali in advance of the @MLB #WorldSeries finale:

"This is truly an exciting moment for our @BlueJays and for the whole city! The #TTC is ready to deliver the best possible service to help fans move around the city as they cheer the Jays on to a World Series victory! We have 16 extra subway trains on Lines 1 and 2 available before and after the games, along with additional staff to assist customers.

One thing to note when the Jays win: we will temporarily suspend bus and streetcar service in the downtown core between Church and Bathurst in the east and west and Bloor to the lake, allowing everyone to celebrate on the streets as safely as possible. Subway service will continue with staff on hand to monitor for and manage any crowding that's observed.

On behalf of all TTC employees, Let’s Go Blue Jays!!" #WANTITALL

 

[Richard White]

Yeah, I heard it sold out in minutes. So there will be 70,000 people trying to pass through union station in a pretty small window. Even the tiniest issue could become catastrophic (OK, I'm exaggerating, but they have a lot riding on successful service tonight).

*Manifests Plan F/Priority One*

 

[evandyk]

One thing to note when the Jays win: we will temporarily suspend bus and streetcar service in the downtown core between Church and Bathurst in the east and west and Bloor to the lake, allowing everyone to celebrate on the streets as safely as possible. Subway service will continue with staff on hand to monitor for and manage any crowding that's observed.

I was out on King the night the Raptors won, and TTC service had to stop because all of the downtown streets were full of people. It's not like you could have driven a car through downtown either. Most of the cars we saw were trapped, with the occupants sitting on the roof celebrating.

 

[nfitz]

Mandeep Lali is at Union Station tonight keeping tabs on things.

I'm surprised the CEO is supervising operations personally.

If it went 6.5 hours again, then there'd be passengers arriving at Union for the subway at 3 AM; so I'd absolutely expect the CEO to be on stand-by. Not to mention if something else went wrong. It's probably less work than dealing with the 3-days of media fall out. Byford would have done the same - and any incompetent fool who didn't do that should have been fired years ago from the top job.

That said, I wonder how Monday night worked, with the view party at Rogers. Though it looked quite thin by 2:30 AM - so perhaps a non-issue. However if it goes 18-innings tonight, I don't see many leaving early.

One thing to note when the Jays win: we will temporarily suspend bus and streetcar service in the downtown core between Church and Bathurst in the east and west and Bloor to the lake, allowing everyone to celebrate on the streets as safely as possible. Subway service will continue with staff on hand to monitor for and manage any crowding that's observed.

Ooh ... G20 rules. Though that time it was streetcars from Roncesvalles to Coxwell.

 

[Jonny5]

Hilarious thing on Friday. I was waiting for an eastbound 503 bus to come at King and York when three showed up all at once. I got on the second of the three, and I sat at those bizarre squishy seats behind where the driver sits (they should simply make it standing space). Anyway, at a red light at Jarvis Street, bus #3 goes into the right lane and pulls up beside my bus #2, and the driver of bus #3 opens the window and gestures for the driver of my bus to open his door. Then the driver of bus #3 starts screaming expletives at him for making him late by passing him somewhere earlier on King Street or something. I couldn't make it all out, but then they both jockeyed to get through the green light first and there was a traffic warden there witnessing all this who was like "yeah... I ain't touching this one, let them sort it out". My bus did manage to go through ahead, though the other bus #3 tried to get in first.

 

[chrisw]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1985085856013582367

Statement from #TTC CEO Mandeep S. Lali on social media posts regarding transit service last night.

“Last night, in anticipation of large crowds downtown, the TTC planned and delivered an enhanced service plan.

Throughout the evening, TTC staff were embedded in the Major Incident Command Centre (MICC), the City of Toronto’s Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) at Union, and the Rogers Event Command Centre, monitoring conditions and standing by to act. We had plans in place to extend subway service and deploy 30 additional buses downtown if the game ran late, if required. As the game ended at roughly 12:15 a.m. and crowds cleared quickly, those contingencies were not activated by Major Incident Command Centre (MICC), the City of Toronto’s Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), in unison with TTC Control Center.

We operated more than a dozen extra trains on Lines 1 and 2, running until the end of scheduled service. The last trains left Union Station around 1:45-1:47a.m., with Line 2 connections at approximately 1:55 a.m. In total, subway service continued for more than 90 minutes after the game ended, ensuring fans had time to travel home.

Beyond the subway, our Blue Night network, which includes buses and most downtown streetcar routes, 95% of our streetcar lines have 24/7service, so customers had overnight options.

We’re aware of social media complaints about GO and UP Express service at Union Station, but Metrolinx, operates those services, not the TTC. Based on reports GO trains faced crewing constraints that limited their ability to extend service. These decisions were outside TTC’s control.

From 12:30 a.m. to the end of service, our Transit Control Centre logged very few issues, just three minor delays related to medical and emergency alarms, all resolved within minutes, and nothing was raised by the EOC or MICC to act upon.

Major events always provide opportunities to learn, and we’ll review our operations for improvements, including customer feedback.

But it’s important to note: we can only speak for TTC service. Other agencies will need to address their own operations.”

 

[T3G]

At Union station this morning, they had a whole team of POOs checking people's fares right next to the actual fare gates. As in, within eyesight of the actual gates where they can see whether someone has tapped or not, and they asked you to tap your card to prove... what??

This doesn't seem like a very constructive use of a limited resource - it feels a bit like a cashier handing you a receipt and then demanding to look at it to see whether you paid for all your items - but hey, what do I know, bothering people is a highly precise and technical skill. Sure, have one guy around to ticket someone if they jump over or climb under, but if you don't see someone do that, they haven't evaded their fare, and you don't need a whole team of people to verify that.

 

[DSCToronto]

At Union station this morning, they had a whole team of POOs checking people's fares right next to the actual fare gates. As in, within eyesight of the actual gates where they can see whether someone has tapped or not, and they asked you to tap your card to prove... what??

This doesn't seem like a very constructive use of a limited resource - it feels a bit like a cashier handing you a receipt and then demanding to look at it to see whether you paid for all your items - but hey, what do I know, bothering people is a highly precise and technical skill

Perhaps there are counterfeit Presto Cards??